From be1c7e50e1e8809ea56f2c9d472eccd8ffd73a97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:57:58 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.44.3. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- health/guides/disks/disk_space_usage.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 health/guides/disks/disk_space_usage.md (limited to 'health/guides/disks/disk_space_usage.md') diff --git a/health/guides/disks/disk_space_usage.md b/health/guides/disks/disk_space_usage.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..14663942 --- /dev/null +++ b/health/guides/disks/disk_space_usage.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +### Understand the alert + +This alarm presents the percentage of used space of a particular disk. If it is close to 100%, it means that your storage device is running out of space. If the particular disk raising the alarm is full, the system could experience slowdowns and even crashes. + +### Troubleshoot the alert + +Clean or upgrade the drive. + +If your storage device is full and the alert is raised, there are two paths you can tend to: + +- Cleanup your drive, remove any unnecessary files (files on the trash directory, cache files etc.) to free up space. Some areas that are safe to delete, are: + - Files under `/var/cache` + - Old logs in `/var/log` + - Old crash reports in `/var/crash` or `/var/dump` + - The `.cache` directory in user home directories + +- If your workflow requires all the space that is currently used, then you might want to look into upgrading the disk that raised the alarm, because its capacity is small for your demands. + +Netdata strongly suggests that you are careful when cleaning up drives, and removing files, make sure that you are certain that you delete only unnecessary files. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3